What are the important events that happened on December 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

December 5: Facts & Myths About This Day

December 5 is the 339^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 26 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 22, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 490,248 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontaenneagon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 74 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,732 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

December 5 Historical Events

• 63 BC –
  Cicero gave the fourth and final Catiline Orations.
• 1775 –
  At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1815 –
  Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.
• 1865 –
  Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
• 1914 –
  The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country.
• 1932 –
  German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
• 1936 –
  The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
• 1955 –
  The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO.
• 1977 –
  Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
• 2006 –
  Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.

Who were born on December 5?

• 1803 –
  Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, Russian poet (d. 1873)
• 1829 –
  Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French Canadian politician (d. 1908)
• 1894 –
  Charles Robberts Swart, South African politician (d. 1982)
• 1896 –
  Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1984)
• 1899 –
  Aleck “Rice” Miller, American blues musician (d. 1965)
• 1917 –
  Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress
• 1945 –
  Serge Chapleau, French Canadian caricaturist
• 1973 –
  Arik Benado, Israeli football player
• 1980 –
  Shizuka Ito, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
• 1985 –
  Josh Smith, American basketball player

Who died on December 5?

• 63 BC –
  Publius Cornelius Lentulus (Sura), Roman statesman
• 1560 –
  King Francis II of France (b. 1544)
• 1749 –
  Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, French explorer and trader (b. 1685)
• 1918 –
  Schalk Willem Burger, South African politician (b. 1852)
• 1963 –
  Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Pakistani statesman (b. 1892)
• 1994 –
  Harry Horner, American art director (b. 1910)
• 1995 –
  Gwen Harwood, Australian poet (b. 1920)
• 2002 –
  Roone Arledge, American sports broadcaster (b. 1931)
• 2005 –
  Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (b. 1905)
• 2010 –
  Alan Armer, American television producer and director (b. 1922)